CVE-2000-0944
CGI Script Center News Update 1.1 does not properly validate the original news administration...
CGI Script Center News Update 1.1 does not properly validate the original news administration password during a password change operation, which allows remote attackers to modify the password without knowing the original password.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
CGI Script Center News Update 1.1 does not properly validate the original news administration password during a password change operation, which allows remote attackers to modify the password without knowing the original password.
- Record
CVE-2000-0944- CVSS 3.1
- 9.8 Critical
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 7.5 High
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P - Weakness
- CWE-522
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
CGI Script Center News Update 1.1 does not properly validate the original news administration password during a password change operation, which allows remote attackers to modify the password without knowing the original password.
- Record
CVE-2000-0944- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2000-0931 No score
CGI Script Center News Update 1.1 does not properly validate the original news administration password during a password change operation, which allows remote attackers to modify the password without knowing the original password.
- Record
EUVD-2000-0931- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-p48q-c4h7-vj6x
CGI Script Center News Update 1.1 does not properly validate the original news administration...
CGI Script Center News Update 1.1 does not properly validate the original news administration password during a password change operation, which allows remote attackers to modify the password without knowing the original password.
- Record
GHSA-p48q-c4h7-vj6x- CVSS 3.1
- 9.8 Critical
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-522
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Public exploits
Links only. Every CVE stores no exploit code.
| Source | Link | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Exploit-DB | News Update 1.1 - Change Admin Password | 2000-11-15 |
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, Exploit-DB, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2000-0944 is a critical vulnerability (CVSS 9.8) in Cgi Script Center News Update, published December 19, 2000. Public exploit code exists. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 11.3%, the 95th percentile. No source names a fixed version.